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電
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泡
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Jyutping
din6 dang1 paau1
Pinyin
diàn dēng pào
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
light bulb
(slang) unwanted third guest
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun
light bulb (Classifier: 顆/颗 m)
noun, figuratively
third wheel (accompanying two people on a date), as if the person is the light bulb in the background
noun, Wu, figuratively
bald head
(syn.) 禿頂, 秃头, 光頭, 秃顶, 光头, 禿頭
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
好像我成电灯泡了。我该走了。
好像我成電燈泡了。我該走了。
hǎo xiàng wǒ chéng diàn dēng pào le 。 wǒ gāi zǒu le 。
Seems like I'm the third wheel here. I should go.
Seems like I'm just playing gooseberry here. I should go.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
卧室里少一只电灯泡。
卧室裏少一隻電燈泡。
wò shì lǐ shǎo yī zhī diàn dēng pào .
There's a light bulb missing in the bedroom.